Auditory Nerve (VIII): Receptive fields
• Receptive fields: TUNING
CURVE from hair cell.
• “Labeled line” from “place”
coding.
• Note: bandwidths equal
on log frequency scale.
Determines two-tone
discrimination.
• Loudness: spike rate (+
high-threshold fibers)
• Phase-locking to beyond
3 kHz
• Match: to frequency,
loudness and timing
Characteristic freq (kHz)